Day 1
Co Stompé v Colin Lloyd
Dutchman Co Stompé was
first up against Colin Lloyd, also being the tournament opener.
In the first leg it was already noticeable, Stompé was in
great form and the crowd was going wild. Stompé in what
was a surprise to many won this game
4 – 0.
Raymond van Barneveld v Roland Scholten
First
game for Raymond van Barneveld was against Ronald Scholten; with
the first set going the full five legs to Barneveld. Barneveld
did not play really convincingly, maybe lacking some motivation.
His match would be astonishing nevertheless! However Scholten
could not get into the game, he also had room for improvement.
Here the final result was 4 – 2 to Barneveld, and the set
scores were as follows. 3-2, 0-3, 3-0, 3-2, 0-3, 3-0.
Wayne Mardle v Andy Fordham
This was to be the last game
of the first day. The game between Mardle and Fordham looked in the first
place as if it would be a strong 4 – 0 victory to Fordham. But after
taking a 3 – 1
advantage to Fordham, Mardle suddenly stepped up his game to
a higher gear. Mardle took the fourth set with 3 – 2 to
score line, clearly giving him more self-confidence. So much
that he even claimed the fifth set 3 – 1. But then it was
Fordham’s turn to lift his game in the sixth set to clinch
it 3 – 0. Fordham winning the match 4 – 2.
Day 2
Three more games on the programme
for day two.
 Tony
David v Wayne Mardle
The
David Mardle match was the first game of the evening on stage.
Tony David lost the advantage early in the first set to be down
2 – 0, but recovered taking the third and also the fourth
leg to even up the set at 2 – 2. The fifth leg was now
in the advantage of David and won this first set 3 – 2.
This apparently produced so much more self-confidence, that David
(above) also won the second set. But Mardle was able to raise
his gain up a level, and fought back to level at 2 – 2
in sets. But after these two sets David would not conceded any
more sets, and strived on to a strong victory. David won this
game 4 – 2 and threw an average of more than 30 per dart.
Phil Taylor v Andy Fordham
The
second game saw Taylor on stage for the first time. His first
game was against the 2004 Lakeside Champion Andy Fordham, and
the match looked an even money bet. Of course Taylor knew that
Fordham could throw a nice dart, but at this level Taylor was
no certainly. Fordham at the halfway stage of the match was throwing
an average of around 107 per three darts but in spite of that
still lost the match 2 - 4. Fordham hadplayed
a classy game: yes with an average of around 107 is nevertheless
also simply fantastic. But against the ferocity that Taylor showed
he could not do much about it. He had himself still an average
at the end of the game of around 105 per three darts. Taylor
threw 8 x 180’s against 3 x 180’s for Fordham.
 Co
Stompé v Roland Scholten
The last game for
day two was an all-Dutch match. Just like the day before, Stompé was
on his game right from the start. While it appeared that Scholten did not
look sharp. Stompé,
(right) unfortunately after taking the first set 3 – 1,
saw his game collapsed a little. Stompé was still in the
match but was not able to take another set. It was Scholten who
was better on this night. Scholten had delivered, as it happens,
winning the match 4 - 1. Scholten threw a three darts average
of around 90 and had 2 x 180’s. Stompé threw an
average of around 87.6 in this game per three darts.
Day 3
Four more games on the programme for
day three.
Tony David v Phil Taylor
On
this day there was a shift in the broadcast, and the first
game was switched with the last. By this shift, we became
immediately faced with an interesting game, namely that of
Tony David v Phil Taylor. Already in the first set and at
2 – 2 in legs,
it made for an interesting game and possibly of what was to come.
But in spite of that David played super darts, he had nevertheless
be out played by Taylor. Taylor claimed the fifth leg for the
first set and also captured the second set as well. He repeated
it again in the third set, with the same score line of 3 - 1.
Thus the match stood at 3 – 0 in sets to Taylor. In what
was to be the last set he produced great darts again for a 3 – 0
in leg for a 4 – 0 in sets victory. “The Deadly Boomerang” couldn’t
keep the pressure on Taylor. That’s when “The Power” usually
plays his best darts, and he did just that. A dedicated professional
finished the game leaving David completely with no chance at
all. The Aussie wasn’t even to blame. He played reasonable,
but that is just not enough against Taylor. The averages
for Tony David were 89.35 and for Phil Taylor 104.08
Roland Scholten v Andy Fordham
The second
game of today had Roland Scholten up against Andy Fordham.
It was Fordham whom won the first set 3 – 0 in
legs, and continued his good play in the second set taking it
3 – 1. Although Fordham started well, the 2 – 0 lead
in sets wasn’t because of the good game of Fordham. His
Dutch opponent failed to hit doubles in the first two sets and
Fordham seemed on his way to a whitewash. Against all expectations,
Scholten suddenly saw his darts hitting trebles, doubles and
was winning legs and in the third set it was Scholten who grabbed
the set 3 - 2. For Scholten, that just was not enough. He managed
to keep up with Fordham but wasn’t capable of overtaking “The
Viking”. The fourth set and with the set poised at 2 – 2
Fordham again claimed the set. Set five, and Scholten stepped
it up a gear, to take the set 3 – 0, and bring the match
score to 2 – 3 in sets for Fordham . Thus the players started
the sixth set, with Fordham capturing the first two legs. But
Scholten continued fighting and made it back to 2 – 2.
Now the last leg of this set saw Fordham to be too strong for
Scholten giving him the set and a match win in 4 – 2 in
sets. Scholten made his defeat look a little bit better by winning
a couple of sets, but “The Tripod” was definitely
not happy with his game. Fordham, who made the crowd go wild
in Expo Centre Hengelo, booked his second win in three games.
Raymond van Barneveld v Colin Lloyd
Next
was the game between Raymond van Barneveld and Colin Lloyd.
As easy as one, two, three and four. That’s the way Barneveld
won his second game. Colin Lloyd was struggling from the beginning
and saw the Dutch number one winning one set after another. “Jaws” knew
that his defeat was coming Here the result was not a true picture
of the match as both players were far from their best. In spite
of match going to Barneveld which was decided with 4 – 0
score line, Lloyd nevertheless was not able to get into the match.
Outside the first set where Barneveld won it 3 – 1 Lloyd
was there about but came up empty in each set. All sets would
become firstly 2 – 2 where upon Barneveld would then
claim the set. Barneveld scored here an 89.98 average and 78.80
for Lloyd.
Co Stompé v Wayne
Mardle
Then
for the final match of the evening, the game between Co Stompé and
Wayne Mardle. Mardle, who had lost two games already, was resolute
to tackle this match for a victory. Co Stompe was playing a
very good match and started incredibly. The first set saw both
players win the opening legs with the darts and came down to
the deciding fifth leg for the set winner going to S tompé.
Then set two was won by Mardle 3 - 0. A fter that, “The
Matchstick” was on fire. Hitting
the right doubles and trebles at the right time, Mardle could
only try to keep the gap as small as possible. That didn’t
really work out well for the Englishman. Stompé won the
third set 3 – 0 for a 2 – 1 lead in sets. Stompé continued
to be first to the doubles, and was hitting them consistently.
Further more Stompé made it 3 – 1 and finally 4 – 1.
The averages here were 82.37 for Stompé and 84.54 for
Mardle.
Day 4
Andy Fordham v Wayne
Mardle
 Andy
Fordham (left) played a perfect game today. Fordham started the
first game today against Colin Lloyd. The most disappointing
results so far are those of Colin Lloyd. He has lost his first
two matches without even winning a single set. He managed to
win the first set 3 – 0 against former BDO World Champion
Andy Fordham in this match . After dropping the first set, “The
Viking” was unstoppable for Lloyd. In set two Fordham showed
Lloyd what he could do by turning the match around in claiming
the second set 3 - 0. The third set, the game standard was lifting,
in spite of in the third set 3 - 1 in legs going to Fordham.
Then the fourth set where Lloyd was able to win the first leg,
where upon Fordham threw out the second. Leg three also went
to Fordham, but Lloyd knew by the fourth leg Fordham would be
hard to stop but managed to win the leg. But in the fifth leg
of this fourth set Fordham with his 15 th dart won the set to
go up 3 – 1 in sets. The fifth set went the full distance.
Fordham took the first leg, only to see Lloyd take the second.
In the third leg Fordham with a 161 finish took a 2 – 1
lead to put him in front. Lloyd took the fourth leg to bring
the set score to 2 – 2. Then the last leg of this fifth
set and Fordham was able to clinch the leg and the match 4 – 1.
Colin “Jaws” Lloyd was not hitting the targets like
he should and Fordham, supported by the 3500 people audience,
was. After this defeat, Colin Lloyd has lost twelve sets so far,
winning only one.
Raymond van Barneveld v Phil Taylor
 Then
for the second game for the night. This was the match that
everyone had been waiting for. But it was a quick one between
Raymond van Barneveld and Phil Taylor. This was supposed to
be the match. The duel. The confrontation that was going to
write history. But it wasn’t. There was no exciting battle, there was
no deciding seventh set, and there weren’t even exceptional
high averages. Now then for the game. Barneveld (right), who
switched from Tri-Fin flights to regular flights for this match,
was playing at a dramatic level, compared to his regular performances.
Taylor played well, but not extremely good. Against all odds, ‘well’ was
good enough to win the ‘Battle of the Champions’.
The huge crowd was obviously not very happy with the whitewash,
as they expected a thriller. Taylor cruised his way past “Barney” and
his third consecutive win was enough to make it into the semi
finals. Barneveld won the second leg in the first set to level
the set at 1 - 1 but Taylor powered in the third and fourth leg
to take the first set. In set two Taylor took the first leg but
Barneveld fought back in the second and third legs to take a
2 – 1 in the set. Unfortunately for Barneveld, his run
did not last as leg four and five went to Taylor which put the
score at 2 – 0 in set. Taylor was in control and won the
third set 3 – 0. Next to the fourth set and there was little
change for Barneveld. Taylor taking the set 3 – 1 for a
comfortable 4 – 0 in sets victory. The average for Barneveld
was 87.08 and Taylor 94.89
Tony David v Roland Scholten
Game
three, and at the end of the night that ended up in a bit of
a disappointment, Tony David and Roland Scholten produced a
thriller. The first set saw Tony David win the first leg but
Scholten wins the second, third and fourth leg. Score 1 – 0
for Scholten . Then the second set and, Scholten looked hard
to stop and won the second set, with 3 – 0 in legs score.
Set three saw David lift his game up a gear and with some great
darts wins his first set 3 - 0. David followed up that set by
taking the fourth set 3 – 1 and the fifth 3 – 0 to
take the lead 3 – 2 in sets. Both players took the lead
in various stages of the match, but the Dutch “Tripod” managed
to finish the job. “The Deadly Boomerang” was playing
a decent game, but Scholten was showing great darts and the Australian
just could not finish the match. Scholten had to win the next
set to make sure of playing in the next round. He squared the
match at 3 – 3 in sets and then claimed set seven. After
an amazing match Roland Scholten had won 4 – 3. Tony David
would have made a great move if he won this match, but now that
he had lost, he was miles away from a place in the semi finals.
Day 5 The fifth day of the Keukenconcurrent Masters of Darts was
going to be a deciding one. Although Phil Taylor and Roland Scholten
are the top two players in the PDC Group, and that part of the
tournament is ‘done’, the BDO players still have
to battle for their places for the semi finals.
Tony David v Colin Lloyd
In this game if David could win he was still in with a slight chance of a possible
place in the semi finals. Losing is never fun for a professional darts player,
but losing three games and winning only one set, is a disaster. It happened
to Colin Lloyd this week. Colin “Jaws” Lloyd has one final shot
for at least a close match, and maybe even a win against Tony David. David
won the first set 3 – 0 and again a bad start for Lloyd. Lloyd fought
back in set two to level at 2 – 2 in legs and then went on to win the
set to tie up the match. David could not afford to concede any more sets
to make the semi finals. It was noticeable in the third set that David was
playing excellent darts . David won the first leg with a great 170 finish,
and the second leg he threw a 140 finish. With plenty of confidence he claimed
the third leg, giving David a 2 – 1 lead in sets. In the fourth set
it was tied at 2 - 2, but here the match slowed up for David with Lloyd throwing
out the fifth leg and evening up the match at 2 – 2 in sets. In the
fifth set it saw David off his game a little, giving back the advantage to
Lloyd who took the set 3 – 1. But David did his name honour of the “Deadly
Boomerang” and fought back to take set six and bring the match score
to 3 - 3. The match had come down to the seventh set. And Lloyd was hanging
in there, until the match was at 3 – 3 in sets, 4 – 4 in legs.
It was David who was capable of two magnificent legs at the end. He had won
legs eight, nine and ten to win the match 4 - 3. For Lloyd, that was the
fourth defeat in a row. The Englishman did play a good final game, but it
still was not enough to win.
Raymond van Barneveld v Wayne Mardle
Barneveld
and Wayne Mardle played the second game. This was is a very
important game as it could determine the pool positions. “Barney” was
not playing the best darts of his career in Hengelo. The first
match was good, the second one wasn’t but the Dutchman
managed to win it, the third match was bad. Barneveld described
is as the worst game he’s ever played in his career. Mardle
had so far played a really terrible tournament, but wanted to
make up for in this match. Mardle also has reasons enough to
prove himself and the match against Barneveld is the last chance
for the Englishman to make his result look a little bit better.
While in the golf cart on their way to the stage Barneveld and
Mardle both got hit by glasses of beer, or other drinks. A shocking
experience for both of the players, who were not expecting a
ridiculous thing like this to happen. But the show must go on,
and as professional players they knew that. They played an amazing
game, with high scores, massive checkouts (“Barney” finished
170) and a surprising beginning. Barneveld was playing better
. In spite of that he was 2 – 0 down in the first set,
but fought back winning the next two legs including a perfect
170 finish and was looking at taking the set. But Mardle was
hitting the triples also, and won the first set 3 - 2. Mardle
looked like he had to play for his life, and took the lead
with 3 sets to 1. But Van Barneveld showed great skill, great
mentality and great sportsmanship as he turned the match around
and won it: 4 - 3.
Co Stompe v Phil Taylor
 The
last game of the night and also the last match of the first
round was between Co Stompe and Phil Taylor. “The Power” has
nothing to gain in the confrontation with Co Stompe but the Dutchman
did. By defeating Lloyd and Mardle, he could still make it to
the semi finals but he needs to overcome Phil Taylor for that.
Mission impossible you would say. But the Dutch professional
was showing great darts and if he can keep up his playing level
he could give Taylor a hard time on stage. Co Stompé could
look back at a very successful tournament for him so far. In
spite of that Stompé got
hammered in this match 4 – 0. The Power were simply too
strong. The first set was over quickly 3 – 0 for Taylor,
the second 3 - 2, then the third 3 – 1 and finally he won
the fourth set again 3 – 0. Taylor’s average was
103.64. His English opponent, failing to win one set, had smashed “The
Matchstick”. Stompe could hold his head high, as only one
player managed to win a set against Taylor. “The Power” was
very businesslike on stage. As soon as he could, he went off
stage and gave his fans a little ‘thumbs up’. (above)
Round One results:
DAY 1
Co Stompé 4 - Colin Lloyd 0
Raymond van Barneveld 4 - Roland Scholten 2
Andy Fordham 4 - Wayne Mardle 2
DAY 2
Tony David 4 - Wayne Mardle 2
Andy Fordham 2 - Phil Taylor 4
Co Stompé 1 - Roland Scholten 4
DAY 3
Tony David 0 - Phil Taylor 4
Andy Fordham 4 - Roland Scholten 2
Raymond van Barneveld 4 - Colin Lloyd 0
Co Stompé 4 - Wayne Mardle 1
DAY 4
Andy Fordham 4 - Colin Lloyd 1
Raymond van Barneveld 0 - Phil Taylor 4
Roland Scholten 4 - Tony David 3
DAY 5
Tony David 4 - Colin Lloyd 3
Raymond van Barneveld 4 - Wayne Mardle 3
Co Stompé 0 - Phil Taylor 4
Pool Results |
